Comments on: Introducing Unified Computing to the Data Centerhttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:44:12 +0000hourly1By: Cisco declares war on IBM and HP | Expanding Thoughthttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-130124
Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:13:26 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-130124[…] this week, Cisco announced a major initiative which has the potential to shake up the overall server, storage markets […]
]]>By: dannyhttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-20141
Wed, 19 May 2010 22:12:43 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-20141Been a Cisco fan for years..cant wait to see whats next in the pipeline.
]]>By: Padmasree Warriorhttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-18449
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:28:08 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-18449Thanks again to all of you for sharing your insights and comments!Shibin and Elijah posed a good question regarding how best to define Unified Computing and the value it delivers. HereÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢s my view: First, itÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢s important to note that the Unified Computing System is part of our broader Cisco Data Center 3.0 strategy, which helps our customers evolve their data centers to a more consolidated, virtualized, and automated environment. This, in turn, lays the foundation for cloud computing. With UCS, we are delivering a unified architecture for the virtualized data center that, for the first time, seamlessly integrates compute, virtualization, and network resources into a single system. UCS solves a set of problems that IT teams have grappled with for years in traditional computing environments. The first is to build a system that can scale transparently. The key here is the ability to do rapid and zero-touch deployments. That means that in minutes the capacity is available and itÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢s used in the most efficient way possible. From a design perspective, we took a very network-centric approach with UCS. As an example, think about the standard model weÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ve used for years in routing: With a single command, I can plug it in, turn it on, and instantly that router starts adding itself to the topology and begins adding value. Compute infrastructure has never functioned that way. It’s always been ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…â€œassembly-by-the-new-owner,ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â with a lot of heavy lifting involved. So we’ve taken the principles of networking — federation, open systems, interconnect, peering, dynamic self-configuration of provisioning — and weÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢re bringing those capabilities to the systems world. The end result is a system that scales and is very cost-effective ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ a system designed for any workload to run on any server, at any time with all of the provisioning being done in software. From a cost-reduction perspective, UCS helps IT organizations reduce CAPEX by up to 20 percent and OPEX by up to 30 percent. UCS also improves speed and responsiveness, enabling IT teams to deploy new applications in minutes rather than days, while shifting their focus from IT maintenance to IT innovation.For more info on UCS, visit:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns944/index.html
]]>By: Elijah Clarkhttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-18263
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:25:03 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-18263Hey Zhang, i’m waiting on that answer myself on what United Computing is. is anyone monitoring this room.
]]>By: Nuenghttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-16299
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:44:33 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-16299Well done Cisco, keep it coming.
]]>By: Educationhttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-16290
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:44:33 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-16290May much done. Virtualization should go step by step along the way to complete HW agnostic Scalata computer. A stage is the bearer of the communication infrastructure are sold only as a software””, using the same standard SIP or so virtual SaaS platform.”
]]>By: pungiehttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-16722
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:56:36 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-16722I feel that there is a role for the integration of networks, servers, and storage more tightly, based on open standards, with virtualization as the common abstraction.
]]>By: Johnhttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-17079
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:50:50 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-17079With Unified infrastructure and such speed increases in network, I see commodity boxes breaking down and infrastructure components moving to a much more granular level. I mean wouldnÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢t it be cool to have one more processor when you need to increase the computing capacity – that too, of the entire network, rather than an entire box? Or just add a couple of memory modules to the network mesh, increasing the capacity of the whole network, rather than a machine – a network out of which we can abstract out virtual machines by maintaining resource shares which can dynamically resize depending on the computing need. Seems rather radical change in computing, but that would be the ultimate nirvana of computing, in my view.John CBhttp://mmohut.com
]]>By: LFC_SirZahttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-16257
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:50:50 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-16257During this down market, it should be fairly flat.
]]>By: Amit Ingalehttp://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing_unified_computing_to_the_data_center#comment-14811
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:03:25 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/if_not_us_who_if_not_now_when#comment-14811Nice article, I must say. However to answer your first question, yes it is the need of the hour that we integrate not only servers, networks etc but also services. I mean to say, ‘Collaboration’ is the correct need.I think Cisco must have thought of this. To answer your second question the benefits will vary across business domains.Currently I can see health sciences, E-commerce and mobile computing will be benefited immideately. Do have a look at my blog at http://iamit.webs.com/apps/blog/show/1410686-the-cloud-and-collaboration-space-of-cisco To conclude Cisco must not limit itself to traditional services offerings.
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